1st Edition

Songs by Victor Mass (1822-1884), Including Chants Bretons (1853), and Songs by Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Including Feuilles d'Album (1867)

Edited By David Tunley Copyright 1995

    First Published in 1995. This title is volume 4 in a series comprising nearly 300 romances and mélodies, most of which were composed during the 40 years that saw a blossoming of the romantic spirit in all the arts in France. The composers represented in this volume were of a rather serious turn of musical mind and many of the songs presented seem to have enjoyed the more sheltered success of the private recital to which the critics may not have been invited.

    Preface, General Introduction, Gilbert Duprez on Pronouncing French when Singing from L’art du chant (1882), The Composers and Their Songs, The Poets, The Songs and Their Editions, Song Texts and Translations, Songs by Victor Massé, Chants bretons, 1. Ivonaïc, 2. La chanson du printemps, 3. Les goélands, 4. La chanson de la gerbe, 5. Le sonneur de Comouaille, 6. La chanson de Loïc, 7. La chaumière, 8. La chanson de Marie, from Premières mélodies and Deuxième recueil de mélodies, 9. La jeune captive, 10. Ramez, dormez, aimez!, 11. Chante Madeleine, 12. Toujours toi, toujours moi!, 13. Le muletier de Calabre, 14. Berceuse, 15. Dieu qui sourit et qui donne, 16. Adieux à Suzon, 17. Dans les bois, 18. Eho, 19. L’oiseau bleu, 20. Le temps fait passer l’amour, 21. La chanson de Barberine, Songs by Georges Bizet, 22. Petite Marguerite, 23· Vieille chanson, 24. Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe, 25. Après l’hiver, 26. Douce mer, 27. Berceuse sur un vieil air, 28. La chanson du fou, 29. L’abandonnée, 30. Ma vie a son secret, 31. La coccinelle, 32. Pastorale, 33· Rêve de la bien aimée, 34. L’esprit saint, Feuilles d’album, 35. A une fleur, 36. Adieux à Suzon, 37. Sonnet, 38. Guitare, 39. Rose d’amour, 40. Le grillon, Index to Different Settings of the Same Text (Volumes 1-6)

    Biography

    David Tunley